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News Release from: Exele | Subject: TopView 5.4
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 July 2005
Alarm software speaks volumes
With release of version 5.4, users of Exele's compact TopView alarm display and notification software can now create their own spoken announcements.
With release of version 5.4, users of Exele's compact TopView alarm display and notification software can now create their own spoken announcements - they simply type the text of whatever message they want to hear and link it to an event or alarm condition that they define The system then notifies them by voice, either by phone or on the speakers of their PC
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The easily configured Exele TopView software demonstrates that ease of use and powerful functionality can coexist in the same package.
This powerful and flexible alarming tool has the capabilities and multiple notification methods to enable users to respond quickly to any abnormal process condition - but is simply configured by any user who knows how to use a Windows PC.
TopView windows can monitor thousands of tags and send alarm messages via e-mail, alphanumeric pagers and cellular phones.
The new TopView voice annunciation and text-to-speech technology allows it to deliver audible alarm messages over the phone or over computer speakers.
A TopView window for data display sits on top of other windows, can be resized can monitor up to 2500 tag values per window.
It can be configured to show a process value, a timestamp age, offline instruments, value change alarms, and it even recognises complex alarm conditions involving multiple tags and conditions.
TopView uses multiple alarm notification methods (text, audible and voice annunciation), supports remote acknowledgement of alarms and allows custom alarm messages for different alarm conditions.
When running as a Windows service, TopView allows users to log-off a machine and still receive alarm notifications.
Alarms that remain active can be resent to prompt acknowledgement, and the user can even tell it not to send an alarm unless the condition has persisted for a given period of time.
It will publish to a web browser via HTML, and includes a history log and summary reports in RTF format.
Alarm conditions can be configured to launch other applications to enable more rapid response to events in the field.
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